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Should Singapore Legislate Paid Fertility Leave for IVF Treatment? A Policy Brief and White Paper.
Legislated fertility leave is the decisive, common-sense step that Singapore must take to secure her demographic future.
Mechanical load inhibition of heart tumours: Is it also true for skeletal and smooth muscle?
While reading an interesting article published in Science (1), I wondered whether mechanical load alongside its related nesprin 2 overexpression could also play a role in the inhibition of benign and malignant tumours originating from skeletal and smooth muscle tissues within various body sites.
The Hydroxyl Radical Myth: Why Carbonate Radicals Actually Drive Real-Water AOPs
The hydroxyl radical (·OH) is the benchmark of advanced oxidation, but its non-selective power is its fatal flaw in real water. Evidence now shows the neglected carbonate radical (·CO₃⁻) often drives up to 70% of pollutant degradation. It is time to rethink radical engineering.
